Janette Murphy - Psychotherapist and Counsellor

12/03/2026

Bessel van der Kolk is a well-known psychiatrist and trauma researcher. He is famous for his work on psychological trauma and how it affects both the mind and the body. He asserts: • Trauma is not only psychological — it changes the brain and the body.
• People who experience trauma may stay stuck in fight, flight, or freeze mode.
• Healing often requires body-based therapies, not only talking therapy.

25/02/2026

18/02/2026

Narcissism is a disease of deficiency. The most common type of childhood trauma is emotional neglect, not being seen held or heard ❤️

11/02/2026

Who do you make scrambled eggs for? Who matters most? Who or what is it all for? Where or what is our energy going to? Love this philosophy from interviewed by ❤️

19/01/2026

Powerful advice from when triggered ❤️

15/12/2025

Not all estrangement fits into a single box. These patterns aren’t mutually exclusive. They often overlap.
Someone can experience neglect, scapegoating, parent-led withdrawal, or manipulation at the same time, or move through several of them across a lifetime.
No contact may become a response, but it isn’t the root experience in every case.
Understanding the type of estrangement matters because it reveals where the power was, where the choice was taken away, and what actually needs healing. Repost from .sherrie much needed understanding around this time of year ❤️

09/12/2025

Are we shaped by what we had to do to survive? Psychology research says yes! ❤️

16/11/2025

Give yourself 5 mins today to listen? The body expresses what the mind denies.
It is a mirror of inner truth—emotional, psychological, and existential. Thoughts and emotions are not separate from physical experience. Our bodies resist self-deception: Anxiety, tension, fatigue, or unease can show when we are living inauthentically. Freud and later thinkers believed the body expresses what the conscious mind represses like physical reactions triggered by emotion.
In many Eastern traditions (Zen, Taoism):
Mind and body are not separate. Dishonesty or inner conflict shows up in the body’s tension. Harmony and truth appear in relaxed, fluid movement. What is your body saying? Only in silence can you listen, take 5 minutes wait and see what occurs ❤️ thank you ❤️

07/11/2025

The therapy journey by . Amazing ❤️

04/11/2025

Hope ❤️

24/10/2025

What are your thoughts on this? ❤️

21/10/2025

Clontarf Therapy Centre is delighted to offer a wonderful supportive program to empower parents. This programme will be lead over 6 evenings once a week with Dionne Madden. If you are or know of anyone who may benefit of this course, please get in touch.❤️
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